Discovery-backed channel Gb News will launch June 13 in the U.K. with a special program “Welcome to Gb News.”
The channel will be available on Freeview channel 236, Sky HD, Virgin Media HD, YouView channel 236 and Freesat channel 216, besides mobile and online.
Gb News is backed by Discovery and several other mostly non-British based financiers to the tune of £60 million ($82 million). The operation is led by chair Andrew Neil.
Neil helped Rupert Murdoch launch Sky TV back in the late 1980s. He was once an outspoken critic of the BBC when he edited the Murdoch-owned Sunday Times, but later became the one BBC interviewer most feared by British politicians of all stripes. His BBC show was later axed.
Neil leads the evening line-up with the prime time news and interview program “Andrew Neil,” while businesswoman and former “The Apprentice” winner Michelle Dewberry will host “Dewbs & Co” every weeknight.
Dan Wootton,...
The channel will be available on Freeview channel 236, Sky HD, Virgin Media HD, YouView channel 236 and Freesat channel 216, besides mobile and online.
Gb News is backed by Discovery and several other mostly non-British based financiers to the tune of £60 million ($82 million). The operation is led by chair Andrew Neil.
Neil helped Rupert Murdoch launch Sky TV back in the late 1980s. He was once an outspoken critic of the BBC when he edited the Murdoch-owned Sunday Times, but later became the one BBC interviewer most feared by British politicians of all stripes. His BBC show was later axed.
Neil leads the evening line-up with the prime time news and interview program “Andrew Neil,” while businesswoman and former “The Apprentice” winner Michelle Dewberry will host “Dewbs & Co” every weeknight.
Dan Wootton,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
As Bad Robot is ramping up its series portfolio, adding a slate of HBO Max projects to the mix, the company is bulking up its television team. Bad Robot has hired Alex Phillips as VP of Television. She joins VP Kira Innes, who joined the company a year ago, as well as Bad Robot’s Jamila Kerr, who has been promoted to VP, and Derek Martin, who has been upped to Director of Television.
Prior to joining Bad Robot, Phillips served as a film and television executive at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, where she was involved on projects including Showtime’s The Chi; Radha Blank’s debut Sundance feature The Forty-Year-Old Version, which premiered on Netflix this past fall; and Waithe’s loosely autobiographical comedy Twenties.
Innes joined Bad Robot as VP of Television in 2019 where she is actively involved in the upcoming HBO series Demimonde and Apple...
Prior to joining Bad Robot, Phillips served as a film and television executive at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, where she was involved on projects including Showtime’s The Chi; Radha Blank’s debut Sundance feature The Forty-Year-Old Version, which premiered on Netflix this past fall; and Waithe’s loosely autobiographical comedy Twenties.
Innes joined Bad Robot as VP of Television in 2019 where she is actively involved in the upcoming HBO series Demimonde and Apple...
- 2/17/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot is aiming to continue to grow its development slate and existing television footprint by expanding its TV division.
The company is bringing on board Alex Phillips as vice president of television, joining vice presidents Jamila Kerr and Kira Innes and director of television Derek Martin.
“We couldn’t be prouder of the team,” said Bad Robot head of TV Ben Stephenson and exec vice president of TV Rachel Rusch Rich, to whom Phillips will report. “Each and every one has excelled; from executives who have impressively grown their careers within Bad Robot to those who have newly brought their formidable skills and relationships to the department. The strength of this group inspires us for all the tremendous work that is to come,”
Phillips was most recently a film and TV exec at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, where she worked on Showtime’s “The Chi,...
The company is bringing on board Alex Phillips as vice president of television, joining vice presidents Jamila Kerr and Kira Innes and director of television Derek Martin.
“We couldn’t be prouder of the team,” said Bad Robot head of TV Ben Stephenson and exec vice president of TV Rachel Rusch Rich, to whom Phillips will report. “Each and every one has excelled; from executives who have impressively grown their careers within Bad Robot to those who have newly brought their formidable skills and relationships to the department. The strength of this group inspires us for all the tremendous work that is to come,”
Phillips was most recently a film and TV exec at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, where she worked on Showtime’s “The Chi,...
- 2/17/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
CNN has called on President Trump to denounce a video that was shown at a pro-Trump conference last week, in which the president is depicted slaughtering figures representing media outlets.
The New York Times reported that the video was shown at a conference for Trump supporters held at Trump’s golf resort in Doral, Fla. According to the Times, the video shows a church massacre taken from the 2014 film “Kingsman: The Secret Service.” Trump’s face is superimposed on the shooter, while the victims’ faces are replaced by media logos — including CNN, Politico, NPR, and PBS — as well as images of Trump’s political opponents.
Trump’s son, Donald Trump, Jr., and his former spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, were both scheduled to speak at the conference, which was put on by a group called American Prosperity. Representatives for each told the Times that they had not seen the video at the conference.
The New York Times reported that the video was shown at a conference for Trump supporters held at Trump’s golf resort in Doral, Fla. According to the Times, the video shows a church massacre taken from the 2014 film “Kingsman: The Secret Service.” Trump’s face is superimposed on the shooter, while the victims’ faces are replaced by media logos — including CNN, Politico, NPR, and PBS — as well as images of Trump’s political opponents.
Trump’s son, Donald Trump, Jr., and his former spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, were both scheduled to speak at the conference, which was put on by a group called American Prosperity. Representatives for each told the Times that they had not seen the video at the conference.
- 10/14/2019
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
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